Plan Sea: Ocean Interventions to Address Climate Change
Plan Sea is hosted by Wil Burns, Co-Director of the Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal at American University, and Anna Madlener, Senior Manager for monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) at the Carbon to Sea Initiative.
As co-hosts, Wil and Anna invite guests to the podcast each episode to discuss potential ocean-based climate solutions, particularly approaches that lead to carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere. The podcast scrutinizes risks and benefits of these options, as well as matters of governance, community engagement, ethics, and politics.
Plan Sea: Ocean Interventions to Address Climate Change
Captura’s CEO Steve Oldham discusses Direct Ocean Capture technology
In this edition of Plan Sea, hosts Anna Madlener and Wil Burns are joined by Captura CEO Steve Oldham to discuss Direct Ocean Capture technology. Captura is a Pasadena, CA-based company that is exploring the use of renewable energy to remove carbon from the ocean as a low-cost, large-scale climate solution.
Learn more about Captura’s DOC approach and propriety technology on their website here.
Listen to our previous episode with Banyu Carbon’s Co-Founder & CEO Alex Gagnonon here.
Acronyms used throughout the episode:
- DAC - Direct Air Capture (6:38)
- RD&D - Research, Development, and Demonstration (21:21)
- KPIs - Key Performance Indicators (22:17)
- MRV - Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (35:34)
Plan Sea is a semi-weekly podcast exploring ocean-based climate solutions, brought to you by the Carbon to Sea Initiative & the American University Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal.
